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: MONDAY, MARCH ~~ "The death occurred in a local hosâ€" pital Sunday of : Mrs: Petsr Dufault, a well known resident of Lapasse, at the â€"~age of 67. Formerly Theresa Woods, Mrs. Dufault was born in .V inâ€" ton, Que., but had lived at Lapasse for many years and had many frierds in that district. husband died a number of years ago and she is surâ€" vived byâ€"two sons, Ernest and David, Lapasse, and two daughters, Mrs. D. W. Cochrane, Toronto, and Mrs. John Cotnam, Timmins. Requiem mass was sung Tuesday morning in Qur Lady of Mt. â€"Carmel . Church, Lapasse, . and burial was in the parish cemetery. Ottawaâ€"The term "exâ€"service men" will henceforth includs those who have served with the active service forces of Canada during the present war, as well as veterans of the war of 1914â€"1916. Emphasis is placed on this fact in an instruction from the Department of National Defence to those in charge of government works under the superâ€" vision of the Department suggesting that other things being equal unemâ€" ployed exâ€"service men receive preferâ€" ence on these works. Veterans of Present War Classed "*Exâ€"Service Men" seldom encounter the man who has little to say. The following reference was mad* last week in Thae Pembroke Bulletin to the death of Mrs. Peter Dufault at ‘The committee of mothers under the leadership of Mrs.. Arthur Jackson was in charge of the dinmer. The thanks of the._dads and the lads was expressed to the mothers by Mr. Carson Armstrong. After: the sons had introduced their dads,â€" Rev. W. M. Mustard introduced the teachers and leaders of the Junior Department. programme â€" conâ€" cluded with a Chalk Talk by Rev. E. Gilmourâ€"Smith, in which he enterâ€" tained the. dinerss with sketches of variousâ€"comic «characters. The proâ€" gramme was planned by W. D. Mcâ€" Lean, Gerald Doughty and Edward Wilson, and the dinner arrangements by Bructe Clark, Carson Armqt.ront7 and Kenneth Mason.‘ c Mrs. J. Cotnam Bereaved by Death: of Her Mother The enthusiastic . singâ€"song»â€" was. led by Mr. Bender. Mr. Percy Boyce, of . Schumacher, gave an interesting address on "The Game of Life‘" in which he spoke of the equipment needed, the rules to be followed, the refeéeree: who decided beâ€" tween the players and. the penalties for Telegramnâ€"Somehow or. another +we es A story has been going the rounds of a young lady in a cafeteria who wrote something on a slip of papetr and handed it to the cashier on her way out. The cashier looked at it and seemed satisfieq to lst the girl go withâ€" out paying. This is what was written: "1 0 0 4 1 8 0.‘ The story ran in the Teeswater News last week and right underneath was "A tale half told is th> father of many lies." We don‘t suppose editor Brown noticed it, but we are going to give our readers the soluâ€" tion, so they won‘t need to prevaricate. Read 1004180 as ‘I owe nothing for I ate nothing‘.â€"Wiarton Echo. Toronto Telegramâ€"Physicians proâ€" nounce the uranium atom unique, in that it splits into two parts when its nuclsus, or central sun, is shattered. E:sw people would have bothered to try to locate the owner but when Clair Meadows of 29 Hollinger Lane found the wallet an Friday morning he went directly to the police with it. The walâ€" let was left in care of the police. There were a number of things in the wallet that made it easy to identify and police were of the opinion that it would be difficult for anyone else to make the necessary identification. ‘The wallet was claimed at noon on Friday, shortly after it had been brought in. The man who had. lost the Cwallet noticed the loss when he was eating dinner in a restaurant in town. When he went to pay for his meal he found that he had no money so he went to the police .station to report the loss and easily identified the wallet. He left a ten dollar reward for the finder.â€" There are still honest people in this old world yet. The fact was forcibly brought to the attention of the local police department on Friday morning. A man had found a wallet with a conâ€" siderable amount of money in it and had brought the wallet directly to the police station and turned it in with the request that the police try to find the owner. * Lost Wallet Brought Into Police Station Last Friday Morning Wallet . Has. Considerable â€" Amount of â€" Money In It. Police Anxious to Locate Owner. His feet hurtâ€"maybe he‘s been running too hardâ€"but this â€"~Italian sailor seems happy about it as he settles down to three meals a day and no more brushes with the Briâ€" tish. He was one of thousands captured at Tobruk. Even though spring has done her best to ‘"oust‘"‘ old man winter, the members of the Porcupine Ski Club are hopeful . . . they feel that march won‘t let them down, and that there will be more skiing days .°. . this is how the Frost Feather (club bulletin) expresses the thought . . . "White birchesâ€"against a blue spring sky, a warm sun, and a cool breeze suc‘hi is the invitation for the skier in the month of March, the last dependable month of skiing before old man winâ€" ter bows out to spring, when "young man‘s fancy lightly turns from" skiing toâ€"well, this, that and other things." Best wishes to two couples ... Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lake, whose twentyâ€" fifth wedding anniversary was celeâ€" brated here on Friday evening .. . their wedding took place here twentyâ€" five years ago, and Mr. and Mrs. Lak® returned to the camp from LangstlafI, near Toronto, where they naw res‘d>, to celebrate the event with old friends ... .. then, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neil Ashwin, whose marriage was a charmâ€" ing event at the St, Matthew‘s Angiiâ€" can Church on Saturday morning . . . Mrs. Ashwin was formerly Miss Grace At a quiet ceremony on Wednesday evening, iPauline Caron became Mrs. Roland â€"Parsons, and, although the couple has not made official announceâ€" ment of the marriage, their many friends have heard "the little birdie‘", and are extending best wishes . . . Pauline is on the staff of the Bucoâ€" vetsky ~stores, and the engagemert took place a few months ago, her sisâ€" ter, ‘Anna also receiving a diamond on the same day. And also from the Frost Feather comes news that will be welcomed by many friends of the three skiers who were during the past months . .. it says . . . «‘Wheel chairs, crutches and casts are gradually being discarded by our disabled members . . . Ann Zuck is taking it like a true sport, and is waiting for next winter to make up for lost time . . . Helen Prout is about ready to kiss her crutches goodbye, and what d‘ya knowâ€"Bill West ‘came out‘ last weekâ€"out of his cast . . . " «‘Mommy, did I cry‘"‘, said the little ladâ€"as he left the clinic on Thursâ€" day afternoon, after being vacâ€" cinated. for smallâ€"pox by Dr. Mcâ€" Innis . . . the youngster was very quiet during the procedure, but apparently he had been so excited that â€"he did not know if he had cried . . . this little lad was only one of the many who received vaccination at the Clinicâ€" on Thursday, a large number of babies and preâ€"school children being there on Thursday . . . during the week, over seven hundred childâ€" ren of the lower schools, and preâ€" school children have been vacâ€" cinated, the work being done by Dr. McInnis and the town nurses, assisted by the members of the Princess Alice Club. GIVE YOUR BIT ... THEY OFFER ALL! THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, ONTARIO l At the McIntyre Arena . yesterday afternoon, with admittance to memâ€" bers only, the members of the Porcuâ€" pine Skating Club prepared for the anâ€" nual skating carnival which will take place at the arena on April 17th, 18th, and 19th, . for the past few months, the members have held rehearsals and made plans for the great event, but during the past week they have settled down to hard work, with rehearsals scheduled ~for each ‘day of the week . . . yesterday afternoon, while the rest of the Porcupine was out enjoyâ€" ing ~the ‘spring sunshine, â€"they> all sat down to a delicious supper in the audiâ€" torium, but soon afterwards, they were back at work again . . . and, just think, you‘ll be able to enjoy ~theâ€" result of all this hard work. Congratulations and best wishes toâ€" day to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Darling, who wers united in marriage yesterday at Kirkland Lake. . . . Mrs. Darling was formerly Miss Norma Kribbs, of. Timâ€" mins, and was press correspondent for the Uniteq Church Young People‘s Union last year .. . the couple will reâ€" side in Kirkland Lake, but a large number of friends in FTimmins are joining in extending every wish for a iong and happy future. Mrs. R. Wales of 264 Spruce street north, â€" was hostess to the <+knitting group of the Women‘s Auxiliary of t‘e Presbyterian â€" Church on Thursday afternoon . . . while the needles clickâ€" ed busily, the members talked about church work and made plans to hold their next knitting meeting «on April i0th at the home of Mrs. L. Partridgs, 158‘% Hemlock street . .. on Thursâ€" day afternoon, too, Miss -M. E. Blythe, of the Birch street public school was hostess to the members of the staff at an afternoon tea, which has become aâ€" weekly stom with teachers .. they take, turns at entertaning, and spend a pleasant hour> in disâ€" cussing school plans. Rotary Oracleâ€"Customer: "Have you a book callea ‘Man, the Master of Woâ€" men‘?" Salesgirl: "Fiction departâ€" ment on the other side, sir." Paul Muni, as Pierre Radisson, in "Hudson‘s Bay," proved a great philosopher . . ..and it seemed, too, that if he had said the words that came from Paul Muni, the explorer must have been more than that for which is noted. . ... he must have been able to read the future, for he said "I teenk maybe some â€" day there be plenty happy people in Canada‘" . . . he must have, seen into the future. â€"to sse you, and you, and you! Un{fortunately, in the account of the visit‘to Timmins a week ago, of Heimo Haitto, boy violinist, and his party, credit was not given to Mrs. Toivo Kallio, one of the most energetic workers in the docal Finâ€" nish Aid,â€" and also one of those who worked most strenuously to make the visit a success . . . not only was Mrs. Kallio on the comâ€" mittee which â€" arranged the visit, spending a great deal of time in planning entertainment for the party, as well as finding suitable halls for the performances, but, also, Mr. . and Mrs. Kallio were host and hostess to one. member of the party, Professor V. Mackey, acâ€" companist, ‘The proprietor himself was quite newly lisensed at the old hotel, and so he did not know Bond, nor indeed did he connect his name with Sunningâ€" holme, which, he said, was the showâ€" place of the neighbourhood, and let to an American girl. He didn‘t even know the name of the real owner, but said there was some story locally about him having been slung out of the country as some sort of a crook. It was dark when Bond made his way to his old home. But he knew every inch of the road, every twist and turn through the unchanging grounds, where, as a boy, he had played. Games of adventure then. Toâ€"day adventure with no game about; it, he thought, as he pushed on amid old memories. "Fancy you letting him get away with that, sir, and not punching him on the jaw!" Welsh had later protested wrathfully. From the main terrace, he could see that the house was lit on the ground floor, with many windows open owing to the warmth. It struck him as unâ€" expectedly quiet, remembering what he had been told of the gay and noisy entertainments Delma Vivian had been in the habit of holding there. The several big country. houses, like Sunningholme, were dotteg around in their wooded or farmed acres, like superior being holding themselves aioof from the common crowd. Bond had known them all from his childhood. intimately and socially. He had once been a welcome guest in any of them. Passing along the terrace, and makâ€" ing for the front door, with its magniâ€" ficent portico, two of those open winâ€" dows showed him the glowingâ€"lit inâ€" terior of what he had always known as the drawingâ€"room, though its furnisaâ€" ings had in his own time been those of a masculine lounge. Now, he had already discovered, their occupants mostly on the change, to. That had, indeed, started in his time, but, as inquiries from the proâ€" prietor of the Sun Hotel now enlightâ€" ened him, scarcely one of the old country families remained. A radio set emitted light orchestral music faintly, but the room seemed empty as he approached the nearest window, looking in. He was almost on the pointâ€"as by old habitâ€"of climbing across the threshold by natural right into those wellâ€"remembered surroundâ€" ings. â€"â€" But he suddenly remembered that right was not his at the moment, that he had to pay a formal call by way of the front door. ANNA GREGORERSCU.... Daughter of Toni Gregorescu, a Rumanian, and acquaintance of Bond‘s. MAJOR LTHEBRIDGE â€" Former subordinate to Bond. Now he is susâ€" picious of Bond‘s suddenâ€" resignation. GENBRAL â€" Staff Officer with whom Bond formerly closely associated. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS MICHAEL BOND â€" Former R. A. FP. Officer who resigned his commission. Gossip connects him with some missing DELMA VIVIAN â€" Wealthy young woman who become tenant of Bond‘s family estate, Sunningholme Bond has also met her previously in peculiar cirâ€" cumstances on the Continent. TONY FAREHAMâ€"Bond‘s particular friend while in the Air Force. ‘He reâ€" mains loyal. to Bond. â€" CHAPTER XIII EXILE‘S RETURN Bond found that three. years had brought considerable alterations to the neighbourhood in which the old house of Sunningholme was a two centuryâ€" old landmark. He was vaguely surâ€" prised, although he realized that he could scarcely have expected even quict old Sunning to remain for ever the same. The village itself had swollen in size, its original oldâ€"world nature being fringed by, moderr dwellings and a shopping centre of an entirely differâ€" ent character. All this was due to the large air force station since estabâ€" lished there. In addition, some little way out near the winding river, vast film studios formed a complete townâ€" ship of their own. He was turning to do this when fingers were laid, lightly, but with deâ€" taining force, on his arm, and a soft volice said with a quavering little laugh : "Won‘t you step right in? It is your home more than it is mine, andâ€" somehow, I thought perhaps you might find your way down here after all, now Anna‘s here. She‘s with someone from the police at the minâ€" ‘"Don‘t tell me that Inspector House has actually reacheq here already, before me?" Bond asked, taken abrck. "He‘s been here, talking to Anna, for about halfâ€"anâ€"hour. He came in a car, I believe. It‘s probably parked someâ€" where along the terrace there in the He swung round to look at Delma‘s rather pale little face. Bond felt chagrined that he should not have realized that House, delayed in making the journey by train, would come by car rather than be held up. "And has he asked you anything about that note from Gregorescu?" ho asked sharply, explaining about <the "THE INSPECTOR‘S ALREADY PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT floorâ€"valet‘s report. "Oh, that‘s quite @ll right," she surâ€" prisedhim by saying. "You see, before he came, I had a long talk with Anna, She knew about that note. She knew there was something her father mt- ed to find out from meâ€"about‘ her uncle‘s death in the Place Maroc that night. Weâ€"Anna and Iâ€"didn‘t go in« "It‘s not a question of harrassing, but of getting at the truth. And nobody can persuade me that girlâ€"his daughterâ€"is as innocent of her fathâ€" er‘s affairs as she makes out," the Inâ€" spector retorted tersely. "It, looks to me as if there‘s an allâ€"round conspirâ€" acy of silence to defeat the ends of justice. If I could only prove thatâ€" That was certainly one way, and it looked like a perfect one, out of the difficulty, so Bond felt relieved. At the same time it rather knocked the botâ€" tom out of his visit here, though that mattered little.: In any case, he owed it to Anna to be around, and quite clearly Delma imagined that the 1eal reason for his arrival. The Inspector was regretful, making it clear that he was only doing hi duty, that he had to get the ful information possible from everyone who might in the slightest degree be @onâ€" cerned with the affair, or could him even the faintest clue likely of use in his investigations. to all that, of course. But, like you, she saw there was no good in my being mixed up with her father‘s affairs, andâ€"when . this inspector came, asking about that letter to my suite from theirsâ€"Anna said it was from her, as if we‘d already been old friends." "‘Thank you, but I am all right," he insisted. "I‘ll be here only over the weekâ€"end, and I can look in and see Anna whenever it is necessary." "I don‘t think harrassing that a{; is going to get you very far, Inspector; Bong said, as â€" leaving Anna with Delmaâ€"he and House moved out on to the terrace. _"You can‘t prove that, Inspector," Bond interrupted, and the other laughed. . ‘"She‘ll be glad when she knows you‘ve turned up,‘"‘Delma tola. him as they passed inside, and she switched off the radio. "She was terribly disapâ€" pointed because you said you were stayâ€" ing on in Town, as I was too." "Won‘t you tell him to believe that I aon‘t know anythingâ€"anything at all of how my father came to be killed," she urged Bond tearfully. * "Why tell me? _ Now I‘ll tell you something, Mr. Bond. You‘re going to marry Miss Gregorescu, I understand? Well, be careful the same people who killed her father don‘t try to do her an injury. Or â€" am I offering you nothing fresh?" TROUBLES NEVER COME SINGLY "HMere‘s where I keep my own counâ€" sel, Mr. Bond," the other countered. _ "Andâ€"what a way to arrive!" she went on. "Just as if you were afraid‘ to set foot in your own place! Did you come by car, and where is it, where‘s your luggage?" s | i "I‘m very much obliged to you for the tip Inspector. Is that based on logicâ€"or merely dependable informaâ€" tion?" He explained where he was staying, that he had just walked over from the hotel. "Butâ€"thére‘s no need for you to put up at any hotel, when Anna and I will be only too glad to have you here!" she protesteq impatiently. "Surély, if you‘re engaged to Anna this is the proper place for you?" Moving along the terrace as thty talked, Bond found they had reached the parked carâ€"in which the Inspector had run down from town, and with which Bond almost collided in the darkness. The Inspector began switchâ€" ing on lights as he sat himself in the drivingâ€"seat and then set the selfâ€" starter purring. "By the way, Mr. Bond,‘ he said drily, "IL saw you at Paddington on that 4.50 fast, which I just missed by a hair‘s breadth this afternoon, yet I got down here before you gid. When I reached here, I asked about you and was told you were understood definitely to be staying in town, not expected this way at all. What was your idea? Just casual change of mind?" He swung the car out into the drive, and was on his way without waiting for Bond to answer. Michael had an uncom{ortable feeling that House was aware of the main reason â€"â€" the Gregorescu letter to Delmaâ€"for what actually had been a change of mind. All Bond could do at the moment was to blunder through, hoping for the best.. He went back into the room where he had left Anna and Deima, saying to himself that a man‘s woret Just then a door opened, Anna and the Inspector coming in.. Anna was looking for Delma, but was overjoyed to find Bond. She was somewhat hysterical, and obviously upset over the Inspector‘s long questioning of her. day‘s work was done on the day when that, Anna," he soothed her.â€" "You are going to be quite safeâ€"â€"" . __Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lake, formerly of Timmins, but now residing at Langâ€" staff, near Toronto, were guestsâ€"of«â€" honour on Friday evening at the home ‘of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pritchard, 61 Hemlock Street, where about thirty of their friends gathered to honour them. on their twentyâ€"fifth wedding anniâ€" s ry. "I‘ll only feel that, Michael, while I have you near me." . "Listen, Anna . .." There was inâ€" patience in Bond‘s voice. "It would be silly of you to take too seriously what the inspector said. He was just trying to frighten you, in the hope he‘d gct more <information out of you than you seemed inclined to give. You‘ve noâ€" thing whatever to fear, I tell you." â€""But there‘s every reason why Anna should like to have you here with her," Delima interposed.. "And, if you can give any good reason why you shouldn‘t be here instead of at that stupiq ina, I‘d like to know it." *‘"The very good â€"reason that I prefcr to be.at the hotel," he retaliated, imâ€" patient again. "I appreciate your kindness, but the pub is only ten minutés"® walk away, and â€" as I‘ve said .â€" I.can be over here quite. freâ€" quentlyâ€"â€"" "Better still to be here altogether,‘" Delma.interposed once again. "IL don‘t know why you should be so obstinately eppoaseq to sleeping under what really is your own roof, unless, of course, it‘s beéecause you dislike me being hocre. Anna wants you here, and that matters more than your obstinacy. So I‘ve takâ€" en the law in my own hands. i{v3 sent Lena, my maid, to the Hun Hotel to find your man there, with your in« structions that he is to bring your lug« gage along here at once, as you‘re both staying here." Among the guests were Mr. W. M. Widdifield, who was groomsman, at the wedding twentyâ€"five years ago, and Mrs. Gordon Cross, of South Porcupine (nee Olive Pearce), who was the brides= maild of twentyâ€"five years ago. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gurnell, Mr. and Mrs. Gorâ€" don Cross, Mr. W. M. Widdifield, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Pickering, Mr. and Mrs. W. Rinn, Mr. and Mrs. P. Moisâ€"« ley, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Leeman, Mrs. A. G. Carson, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Gillies, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Irving, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. 8. Drew, Mr. P. H. Carson, Dr. 8. L Honey, Mr. Merton Lake, the guestsâ€"ofâ€"honour, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lake Honoured on Occasion of Thei Silver Wedding Guests of Honour at Party on Friday Evening. _ ‘The friends who gathered together on Friday evenng are all oldâ€"timers of this district, and a pleasant evening was spent in exchanging reminiscences. Winners at bridge were Mr. and Mrs. Arch Gillies, and the guestsâ€"ofâ€"honour, Mr. and Mrs. Lake. A very delicious supper was served. On behalf of their friends, Mr. Geo. S. Drew extended congratulations and best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Lake on their anniversary, and Mrs. A. G. Carâ€" son made the presentation of a beauâ€" tiful silver raw fruit bowl, Both Mr. and Mrs. Lake responded, thanking their friends for the gift and for the pleasant occasion. The supper table was centred with a beautifully iced wedding cake, in silver and white, topped wth a silver basket of flowers, ana made and preâ€" sented by Mrs. J. E. Gurnell. Other decorations were vases of roses. Mr. and Mrs. Lake were married in Timmins on March 23rd, 1916, and were popular residents of the camp until 1939, when they moved to Langâ€" staff. Mr. Lake is‘a pioneer of the camp, coming to the Porcupine district during the gold rush days. In 1911, he became publisher of The Advance, which has continued _ successfully %hrough the years under his ownership. Two Trucks Involved in â€"Minor Accident Saturday Mrs. -Geo. foake. and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pritchard. Two trucks, one driven by Walter Rintala, of the Timmins Bottling Works and the other driven by Donald Bpence of the Workers‘ Coâ€"op were in« volved in a minor accident on Saturâ€" day morning causing damage estimatâ€" ed at about fifteen or twenty dollars, One truck was travelling east on Bixth avenue and the other was travelling west. Each one tried to get out of the ruts in the road and as they passed they had a mnor collision,. The ra« diator grill on one truck was pushed in and the left fender on the other was dented. Both were covered by huwmdhhtwmtyâ€"macmflrm ed victory, and thus is entitled to be regarded as a confirmed destroyer of Hun planes. tish airman (To be Continued)